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Yusuf Fehmi Genç
Personal information
Born (2002-05-23) 23 May 2002 (age 22)
Ordu, Turkey
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
CountryTurkey
SportWeightlifting
ClubAnkara ASKİ
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Turkey
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Manama 67 kg
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 67 kg CJ
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Konya 67 kg T
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Raszyn 67 kg
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Heraklion 67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Tashkent 67 kg
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Rovaniemi 67 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Durrës 67 kg

Yusuf Fehmi Genç (born 23 May 2002) is a Turkish weightlifter competing in the 73 kg division.[1]

Career

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In 2021, he won a bronze medal in his event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[2][3]

At the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia, Yusuf Fehmi Genç, competing in the 67 kg category, placed eighth in the snatch with 140 kg, gold in the jerk with 182 kg, and fourth in the total with 322 kg.[4] With this success, he brought Turkey a gold medal in men's weightlifting for the first time in 7 years.[5]

Yusuf Fehmi Genç in men's 73 kg at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships in Yerevan, Armenia, placed ninth in the snatch with 146 kg, gold medal in the jerk with 186 kg and fifth in the total with 332 kg.[6]

Yusuf Fehmi Genç won the gold medal at the 2024 European Junior and U23 Weightlifting Championships held at the Raszyn Centrum Sports Hall in Warsaw, Poland, men's 67 kg category with 144 kg in the snatch, 176 kg in the jerk and 320 kg in total.[7] Yusuf Fehmi Genç finished third at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships in Manama, Bahrain, with 181 kg in the 67 kg weightlifting and 327 kg in total. He won 2 bronze medals with this degree.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Athletes Bio's - GENC Fehmi Yusuf". Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  2. ^ Oliver, Brian (25 May 2021). "Weightlifting world record for Ukraine's Konotop - but no guarantee of Olympic place". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  3. ^ "2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Milli halterci Yusuf Fehmi Genç dünya şampiyonu oldu".
  5. ^ "Dünya şampiyonu milli halterci Yusuf Fehmi Genç'in yeni hedefi olimpiyat madalyası".
  6. ^ "Halterde Yusuf Fehmi Genç'ten altın madalya" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  7. ^ "Milli halterci Yusuf Fehmi Genç, 3 altın madalyayla Avrupa şampiyonu oldu".
  8. ^ "Dünya Halter Şampiyonası'nda milli sporcular, 3 madalya kazandı".
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